Bamboo Pirch too slippery

[SilkieCanada]

Does anyone know how to make my bamboo pirch less slippery? Right now its so shiny and slippery.

 

[foxypoproxy]

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maybe sand the gloss off?

 

[SilkieCanada]

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maybe sand the gloss off?

ok Ill try that.

 

[Royd]

Bamboo is fine. Chickens balance, they don't grip.

 

[speckledhen]

How wide is this bamboo? If it's as small as most I've seen, only a bantam would have good footing on it. What size birds do you have who roost on that?

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Really, what I'd recommend is a two by four piece of lumber placed so the wide side is available for them to sit on. I have 2 x 3s and they work ok but my climate is fairly mild. Their toes should be under their feathers as they sit, and not curled down where they might get frostbite.

I don't know what your setup is...just my advice! I was able to buy my lumber for a little over a dollar per piece.

 

[SilkieCanada]

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I have bantam silkie chickens. And the bamboo is pretty thick. Looks just right.

I also have some 2x4 but its square, I figured round bamboo would be nicer.

 

[speckledhen]

What I use in my bantam coop are 2x2's, sanded with well rounded edges and painted. They work really well for that size bird. No slipping at all.

 

[wyododge]

There is a product called shark bite that you add to lacquer to give it a 'tooth'. Generally used for stamped and decorative concrete. I use it in stamped concrete shower stalls to seal the concrete. It is a dry silicon based powder. It will mix with just about anything, but lacquer is really tough, if you sand down the roosts, and add fine sand to lacquer you can paint the lacquer and sand mix and it will be like sand paper.

 

[7L Farm]

I have bamboo in all my coops they love it.